November 1, 1851 (4 pages)

TT idea enters his mind that he can make something. “ Waiter, hot whiskey punch for two, one brandy toddy, gin and water.” The miner is winning the money, and the brandy is winning the miner. Excitement is the order of the day. Stakesare doubled, trebled-:-wife, and children, and home are all forgot, and who cares, boys, topic, and all the pre and cons of slavery . fe st into the bowels « A. A. SARGENT AND W. ALBAN have been discussed by all, and ecyery. SS [subject for Buncombe has been ex Saturday Evening, Nov. i. A Mint for Catifornia. The spentancous love for the form of government, the proud appreciation of hausted, in the heel of the session, the . haustabie. importunate necessities of California . may come up in time to be laid on the} table for another session. Meanwhile . d--n the odds, there goes the pile,--~. the glories that dwell in the stars and . the privilege of growling is left us, and hot punches for the crowd---the deuce, stripes, which every citizen of the United . W¢ shall improve it. The representations . is up, and---gracious Heaven! the poor . miner is down, a penniless beggar. “No wife nor children more shall he behold, . Nor friends, nor sacred home.” The bright blue eyes at home will look in vain ; the aspirations to Heaven are all unheeded ; prayers are now of no avail, for disappointment first, and then disease, or perhaps crime, has paid the penalty of one false step, and earth closes over the wretched victim, thousands of miles from those whose joy will turn to grief. Do you like the pictures? One of the best which Ihave seen in California is that of a party of miners playing old sledge, on the top of an empty keg, at the cabin door. The red shirt, the old hat, the torn pants, the short pipe, the sunbrowned faces with the dei’l may care expression, are drawn to the life, but will be set down @s vulgar taste. Look ‘on the walls of a hella-there you will see refinement. Naked women in various postures, pleasing, voluptuous. J wonder if they are true to nature. States fecls, is nowhere a stronger prin. . of the press of course can have no effect! gold withou . es . ciple than in Ca ifornia. Tithe Atlantic . upon the action of such a dignified body . owners of the claim haye sent a portion i been gratified to have heard him on the and more western states it is highly natural, for the paternal, fostering care of the government is evinced in prepas ring every facility to commerce, every encouragement to manufactures, and every gaarantee of the continuance uninterrupted of the institutions which are the fountain of theso benefits. Not to be contented with sucha government, when the obvious advantages are s0. great, would be incompatible with the . character of an intelligent people. In} California there is as strong a love for . existing institutions as exists in any section of the other states, while there is scarcely a motive for its existence at all. From the first the conduct of Congress has evinced a jealous suspicion of the younger daughter, and a disposition to’neglect if not oppress, by a frequent re. fusal to pass laws of the first importance to Oh, boys! boys! it seems to me as if] our prosperity. When wo were under tho your eyes are strangely gloating on the forms, rather than giving credit to the artist for his skill, and the way you occasionally look ot that lady, so beautifully dressed, who is dealing at the table, makes me think that you would prefer that your wife or sister should neither be pictured upon the walls, nor preside at a gaming table in quite so public a place, and that the artist's study, or the academy of arts is the proper places for such exhis bitions. Brandy smash and gin cecktail !--» when your are in hell, (I mean Rome), you must do as the Romans do. Dou't draw the inference that, because that well dressed gentleman there was a) pious leader in the church at home, and was looked upon as an example of truth and purity, that he does not appreciate the truthfulness of the adage. Send him home and he could come it as good as new, but here he can handle the cards, and pull at the pit equal to the best of them, and in the language of St. Paul, is “ all things to all men.” But as the law, the corporation, and society sustains such things, why, all is fair in trade, and making money is what we came to California for. Hut, tut, tut, do you Bo was the establishment of a loose erganization and in the degrading position of territorial dependence, with a population swelling beyond the required limit for a stete, and magnifying every day, we were taught to linger on, ;month after month, our urgent representations unheeded. We petitioned, we remonstrated; our petitions were disregarded, our remonstrances elicited only eontempt. And, when after long and vexatious delay, the recognition of . our stateship was obtained, and our people hailed the event as an indication that our necessities were at last understood, and would be provided for, it was found that the generosity evinced by . Congress was only spasmodic, and we were as far from boing relieyed as ever. One measure of prime importance to mint. Congress well knew it. urged by our agents in that body. The great loss to our citizens in exchange to the Atlantic—the inconvenience and as the Congress of the United States, who are supposed to be guided by in-. tnitice wisdom—to how much effect, wo have all seen. Sovtnern Convention.—In the Post of the 25thand 29th, we find the proceedings in full of the Convention at Santa Barbara, for the division of the State. In the report, we find, what we expected, that many in the Convention were opposed to the union with the southern territory, of the populous and. wealthy city of San Franeisco. have always seen the incongruity of the . affiliation of the dissimilar elements con-. °V¢tT¥led, and Thursday, the 31st set tained in that city and the southern counties, provided there was any force . Molt one of the defense, made affidavit in the prominent reason given by the that it was impossible for him to proSouta for a division. We think it is, the policy of San Francisco to merge itself into the southern territory to. he depended to prove essential points escape the burden of a State govern-. ment, but this escape could be but tem. W745 suffering under an attack of si¢kporary, and now that the Senth has. 2¢%s which had greatly impaired: his given it the cold shoulder, we expoct mental faculties, but it was probable he By the San Francisco editors will be down on the idea of division. Mr. Brent. of Los Angeles, said— “Ib was propesed to join together the . counties of San Joaquim and Tuolumne wiih the southern portion of the State, so as to form this newono. If this were effected, the people of the South would be crushed to a greater extent even. than at present. understood that if there be suoh a pro-. jeet on foot, it would fail. If this Con . vention leave this boundary line an open question, they will leave another quesion open, now little thought of, namely, another southern State, withits U. a Senators and two members of Congress. If this Convention that had been specially elected for this objoct, were not comnot elected for such a purpose. If another State were brought in with the city of San Francisco and the yalleys of San Joaquin, Mariposa and Tuolumne, gold was generally diffused throuch it we could disr the vein of quartz about three feet by the light of a candle THE JOUR NA 7 poecrgp his position on some euworn. We were condacted bs the laborers 105 lin width, and from appearances incexWe ascended to the surs face, axamined the rock and found that ’ though not in as large quantities as we have seen in other leads,—we then examined an ther, about 100 feet from the first and sow about a ton of quartz that was broken up we could discover the the aid of a glass. The of this rock to San Franciseo, and the result of the assay by Mr. Moffit was about 75 percent. This mine will be a fortune to the share holders and they deserve it.” “Seventy-five per cent” of what? of gold or quartz. The matter interests us in this vicinity. Ohio Tunnel Co, vs, Gold Tunnel Co, This suit when we last noticed it, was vibrating between Justices Dougherty’s and Scott's offices. On Saturday, the 25th, it was carried before Justice Scott We . and the defense entered a protest against the jurisdiction of the court. This was for trial. On Thursday morning, Horace ceed to the trial on the ground that material witnosses were absent, upon whom in the defense. One of these, Downey, would recover in a few months. caso has principally been induced on ' small points of law and unessential quib,bles--one party striving to bring tho case to trial, the other toaveidit. But the proceedings have nevertheless, been rather interesting from the amount of acumen eyineed by the counsel on both sides. The concise reasoning of Churehman gives dignity and importanee to quibbles, even, and we should have merits of the main question; while as to Col. Kewen, cut out two-thirds of his adjeetives, and you yet have eloquence enough to give the reputation of a fine speaker—though we are not sure if the exuberance of his rhetoric were trimmed of some of its off-shoots, it would not add to the beauty, at least to the neatness, of the whole. J. S. Irwin, who ison the sido ef the plaintiffs, is a promising young lawyer, and we predict that application will place him at the head of his profession. Messrs. Epitors:—During my short sojourn in your city, of some nine or ten days, for the purpose of making some explorations relative to the geology of your district, I have found myself interested beyond my former anticipations, toa high degree, from the many little incidents that have occurred in my intercourse with many of the eitizens of your town. On my arrival at this place, I felt a little diffidence in giving publicity to . the ebjects of my visit, intending at first to, pursue it silently and alone, collecting Oh RA PRR , E oS aes cee senegal S AC e this witness the defenso expected to} such information as I might by inquiry prove that they held the land in dis. of such persons as! might accidentally pute, with its dips, angles, and sinuosigreat city of San Franciseo, and the . ties; before any claim was laid by the . my ‘he affiant also was Ohio company. unable to proceed to trial because of the absense of Stephen R. Shuder, of Liberty — Savage of SyraHe wished it to be. cuse, N. Y. by ‘whom material points Missouri, and in the defense could be shown, and which could be proved by no other witnesses in the defense. Therefore, they asked for an adjournment of the case for three monthe. The counsel for the plaintiffs deemed it strange that this postponement had In every . petent to designate a boundary line, how . not been made aé an earlier stage of the form of presentation was the question. could the Legislature do it, who were . proceedings. The defense had already procured one adjournment and that was all the law allowed, They thought the applieation should not be heeded, but if waste in dust asa currency—the con-. What would the South gain by it? Noth-. the court granted the request, the costs tinual and necessary draw upon California—the ombarassment of merchants ing would be gained. It would only, be a change of master, and as your committee thought that such a course would . in consequence should be laid on the party seeking adjournment. But if the and loss of the miner. In three days, . be equally injurious with a continuance . witnesses were in court, or the points j meet with, and personal observation cf i those characteristics that might fall in way: But maturer deliberation has led me to another course, and that course has not only led to grateful acknowledgements on iny part, for the important services you have rendered me through your Journal, iw facilitating my operations in the enterprise I have enltered into, but also the agreeable acquaintances . have formed during my intercourse with you. fam aware that a natural wish must . spring upin the minds of the citizens {ef this place, to hear through the press, jy opinions relative to the few obserj vations [ may have made during my . visit to this vicinity, and with this idea before me I haye yentured to pen these . few lines, hastily thrown together, as jthe nature of the circumstances in . which I am placed will not permit oth. erwise. It would be incompatible with my present limits, to enter into an elaborate discussion of the various points conneots ;ed with the purposes of this tour ina . scientific point of view, on account of . various inconveniences that now attend Tho display of Jegal ability in this see that stripling, ten or twelve years . siving reasonable time for the gasconade . of the existing state of things, they had} to be proven by them were admitted, me. Lamm, therefore, obliged to defer old, with a cigar ia his mouth, bucking at monte, and as he looses or wins, expressing his dissatisfaction or joy alike with an oath, which would do eredit to an old salt ina storm? I say, boy, does your ma know you're out. I wonder where you got that money to bet with. But I’ve always heard where there are big devils there are little ones too. I say, my lad, do you know they begin to hang men for crime in this sg ge . and—some day you'll be a man? ice place this to finish a hoy’s education in. But now “the fun grows fast and furious,” for between the orchestra and the pleadings. at the bar, the blaze of lights and brandy smashes, the gingle of glasses and dollars, the “ down with the dust,” and the down with high hopes, I begin to think that “we cutty sack” hath come from Kirk Alloway to California to astonish a Brock-Hkap. Tho largest shipment of dust over made from California is expected to go forward on the Tennessee next Satarday. From the appearances of the past two weeks, a greater amount of gold has been taken out than in any period of like duration since its discovery. Two and a half millions of dollars is not robably an under-estimate for the manifest of the next mail Steamer to show. Within a fortnight, a single firm in this city have transmitted to their house in San Francisco the sum of $370,000.—Transcript, SuFFeRina anona THE CaTTLE,—A gentleman who has resided a long time in California informa us that the scarcity of water and feed of the present season has not been equalled in the last twentytwo years. The cattle on many of the ranches are suffering severely: though as yet but few have died. r. Stearns has been engaged fora fortnight past, in moving 2 portion of his to a rancho at gome distance, where feed is more abundant.—Los Angeles Star. asleep Race between Clippers.—The clipper ships Mermaid, Witch of the Wave and Game Cock, sail to-day forChina. They will try their speed, each secking to make the trip in the shortest time. As they are all fine clipper ships, and all three have streng friends, we shall be hear of the result of the race. eager to “8. F. Courier 28th. Tur Cou. Fremont seizep.—The brig Col. Fremont, which has been preparing for a voyage to the Sandwich Islands, swas seized by the U.S. Marshal yesterday afternoon, and is advertised to be sold on the 11th November, to satisfy the cluim of A. J. Pope.—Post 28¢h. We regret to hear that sickness pre~ vails to an alarming extent at Mazatlan; from ° one i to thirty deaths occur daily from cholera and fover. measure in Congress, a bill that would obviate all this, might have been passed, and yet the mean local prejudices of Atlantic states defeated the passage of any such measure, of the justice and necessity of which not ore could deubt. Instead thereof, that bill of abominations, establishing an assay office, enriching a few officials, and drawing an enormous per centage from the miner and merchant, was passed. To that assay office we are indebted for tho taking of dust, which is divisible into small sums, and casting it into “slugs” of unwieldly proportions, as little adapted to the common wants of trade as was the iron money of the Spartans. A man witha fortune in his pocket, in the shape of slugs, in the mines, is frequently unable to buy his dinner. The frogs of Egypt were scarcely a greater plague to the land they overrun than are these heavy lumps of gold te California. Instead of haying his dust in small coins, as, he might with a mint, the minor, if he gets it coined at all, is compelled to have it put inashape more for show than for use, ond all the practical advantages of & proper currency he is deprived of. The great wants for acurrency in California have compelled the use in it es to the passage of any . ,0f forcign coins at values which they will not bear in other states, aud which will be reduced whenever a mint is established here, te the loss of the holders. We are particularly subject here to the influx of foreign cein, and have ho means at hand to guard us from loss in connection with them, which a mint would supply, by reducing their value at once to the standard they hold in other states. We scarcely can hope that at the next session of Congress, early attention will be given to to this subjeot. We are so accustomed to noglect, that it is ‘too much to expect that any immediate reliof will be granted. Though a mint in California would receive nearly the eutire preduct of the mines, and cause our . eagles to be as widely known all over the civilised world as Mezican dollars now are, and give an impulse to every branch of enterprise in this state by the greater facilities it will supply to all, and save to the workers of the mimes a heayy drain in their profits, and is a measure of such obvious justice, and though Congress knows all this, yet we have little hope it will take any measures for the immediate establishment ef a mint. By and by, when every member has framed the proposed boundary line accordingly.” Mr. Ogier asked what good “ would it could haye no bearing in the case. , a eae until a future poriod, when This was a suit for forcible entry and . 4 i pie a cart ei Peak > detainer, and the law eavoa man no . ee peat yp siraatien oe aia / ar © : : 4 Rs it do Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and power to take even his own property by The immediate district of Nevada, Monterey, te be severed from their pre. foree, but only by legal hatha’ Thore . Presents to the observer many points of sent connection and joined to San Fran. Oe. 1 ifs oe Pl i aereaLse . interest in connection with geology and ciseo, Calaveras, ‘Tuolumne, Mariposa, . was no probability either that the Wit" . the collateral sciences; it contains within and Gee Jeaquin't No Tishate what . nesses in question could be broughi iuto/its very bosom, those elements that : : ‘ ’ ._ . court at the end of ninety days, and as. fre calculated to engender not only a ever would accrue, but their condition . further postponement was out of the, healthful but very extended prosperity, would be much worse. At present they jiwer af) Pi : ‘ " bs Ping 4 _,/and also inducements of an eminent might be able to piek upa few crumbs]. fincas egg inepcoaap sdb ba cece igh Mag la scientific tourist, to witnesses was no reason for tho delay. {make it the theatre of his many and that fell from the table, but by the pro The defense held that the caso had! varied operations and investigations. posed arrangement for a new State they d io hetopectoutice Se These points of interest to its prosperity, would be utterly helpless and powera sgeipnihe te taho acaade eet jas h city lies ia its rich deposits of gold ess.” that what the plaintiifs considered a) which are found in the placers in and We do not believe the State will be postponement was merely the act of the . aboutit. At firstsight,the large amounts divided this twenty years to come. The . Justice in fixing a day of trial, that this . that have been taken from this source, : Ree 'and the broken and upturned features northern counties will not be drummed . “°° bole Stet spptinetion tr the poet. that now even present themsolyes, would into the matter—they will wish to wait . ponement, and the law made it obligu-. sccm to debar forever all future search Siete oped ape ta a . . tory in the Justice to adjourn the case . for treasure here, but such will not be ARATE RES ty eg nA pied for @ period not exceeding three months, . the ease; the placeres will be worked alsin, tice: adie te — bes ot a when due affidavit and bond were filed. aiaa sit: hb hat sehes tenes 36 The prosecution hed como into court . 7 ea also oceur there, im connection with lignites 1 would suggest to those gentlemen engaged in these operations, the utility of hereafter prererving these fossila &c., for future examination; they are particularly valuable in a scientific view. . Lhave derived most signal aid from . Mr. Henry Pratten, of this place, in the ‘cellection of the following list of minerals, found in this vicinity, with localities attached. ‘Carbonate copper, two miles from Roand . Tent. . Black porphyry, Sugar Loaf. . Micacinus granite, ” . Hornblen?s,** ” Felspathic, iy Sulphuret iron, antimony and copper, with carbonare copper, in quartz. Chronate iron. in serpentine. Argilite slate, Grass Valley. Chlorite ,, 9 Taleose ,, % Peroxide mangane’e, Cayote Diggings. Lignito, "3 Silicified wood--white, blaok, ” ” Fossil leaves—dycotyldons, Sugar Loaf Tunnel. Opal, Sugar Loaf. Sulphuret melybdenum, in quartz. A new mineral. A sublimate of the last, in pyrites—IIIinois and Wisconsin claim. Peroxide iron, Deer Creek. Magnetic iren, wee Galena and native sulphur, Deer Creek. Auriferous pyrites, 4 Cinnabar, Gold Flat, fridium and osmium, ditto. Rutile, 7 Decomposed granite, Sugar Loaf. Porphyry, " Pitch stone, % Felspar, opaque, massive _,, Glassy petrifactions, ‘ Decomposed felspar, 5 Fossil leaves, Blue Hill. Fine talc, one mile east of Grass Valley. Carbonate of copper, half a mile from Half-way House. Sienito, ditto. Hornblende granite, Deer Creek. Chronate iron, Half-way House. Peroxide mangenese, Grass Valley. I shall on leaving, give a fuller description of the mineral features of this district, and other observations. Hoping the above may mect the approval of your readers, I remain, yours, JOHN B. TRASK. ene Duew---Man Killed.—-A duel took place to-day on the Yuba, about eighteen miles from here, on the spot of the dis~ puted Chinese claims, 0/ which we have frequently spoken, betweon a man named Geo. M. Dibble, formerly a Blidshipman, and E. B. Lundy, familiarly known as Jim Lundy, a Canadian, both of this city, the former of whom was killed. A trivial dispute had arisen a few evenings previously, during 8 convivial arty—on a conumdrum, during which bibbell called Lundy ao liar, and to which Lundy replied with opprobious epithets. In consequence, Dibble echallenged Lundy. and the challenge was accepted—-the second of Lundy being . Charkes E. G. Morse, of this city, The . preliminaries Were arranged by Gen. . Moorhead, the second of Dibble, and . Lundy's second—the parties to stand at 115 paces, and use Colt’s revolvers. At {the signal given Lundy fired, Dibble lreserving his fire. He bad previousily declared his intention to draw . Lundy’s fire, and then shoothim. After L's. fire, D. called out with an oath, i‘ you have fired too soon.” His seeond ‘agked, “ara you satisfied,” at which D, jopened his coat and showed wherea ball . had p°ssed into one side and ont of the other. He pushed aside those who . stepped to support him, and walked jebout 150 yards, and expired in about twenty minutes. From information laid before him, Justice Anderson issued a warrant this morning, but the officer arrived on tho ground too late toarrest the fatal event. He however took Lundy in charge and the seconds came voluntarily. Thus one moro scene is added to tho bloody drama of duelling—one more soul has been sent into eternity—to satisfy the barbarous requisitesof a falsely termed code of honor. For one of the seconds in this case we have a warm personal friendship, and we should decply regret any evil that might befal him. But as long as men will act as mid-wives to deliver these monstrous iniquities, the severest penalty of the law should reward them Ina moment of blind passion, smarting under real or imagined insult, 2 man may craye tho blood of his adversary, but if he seeks it by the means the murderer employs, he knows his responsibility in the eye of the law, and is thus deterred in consummating his object. But when he can find a willing agent, to carry his ‘messages, and arrange his preliminaries, junder tho shield of public sentiment, he coolly kills his man, and isaccounted a hero. Therefore the law should be made to touch the second who is tho real promoter of the affair, for without his concurrence, the principalin ninety» jnine cases out of an hundred, it would stop im his desiga. Every man of honor time required by one party to collect! jeast among them are the fossils found he C diggings, and aleo tho petrifactions and silicified woods that for years to come, wit’ more effective means than now in use, and yield large profits. The nature of ground in which 1S tals tal sek the adie be Sudha: ai with evidence carefully collected—their . the gold is contained in these placers, : actowe “for the spi tor lutied i. case Deady Doe. advantagons presentment, . < Py “et pe ech xt a: 1" y y ‘ : while from the nature of the case, the . 97° mateduate fo Its complete extrac: view of it, and they should lot it rest. . , . . tion. , ‘ pric sictenioel = . Racial sae She defense were compelled to appear with-. Another point of important bearing New Parer.—We have received the . out opportunity to collect their wiines. to the future prosperity of this city, is first number of the “Columbia Star,". sesand arrange their side of the case peep basin ag — published at the flourishing town of. with sufficient accuracy to make the cinity of the eity pe Ps ae Directly to Columbia, Tuolumne county. The edi-. battle even, and secure justice. There . the west of the town, and about a mile tor gives a very full account of the town . was too much at stake for them to allow . or 80 distant, is a vein of auriferous and allits denizens from AtangtoPete. the case to goto trial wilhout a fair ah be pr ty lc gin Columbia is built at “the point Lar poh ie to send for witnesses, and . o¢ arge magnitude and equal value. the canal of the Tuolumne Watering . present their case in a proper manner.! Many of these points are now occupied Company diverges from the Stanislaus, . The counsel for the defense did not . by companies in actual operation, and about five miles from Sonora, and with-. doubt that two of the witnosses could . 9me¢ of them, from the appearance of ee tale ‘ ; their leads, must prove of immense value in its limits there are now being con-. be produced at the end of ninety days. if judiciously worked. Heretofore, in structed about five hundred houses. The court ordercd the postponement, . this vicinity, the gangue containing the The editor apologizes for the appearsjand the defendants gave bonds to pay. quartz appears to have been neglected, ance of his sheet, with the statement . costs to whieh plaintiffs might be subis Spee Se ee yen that he is out of sorts—a common com~. jected by the adjournment, provided presdintty $y Ae einaena Sua this mon complaint in California. We deem. such costs should be adjudged against . isa lateral one, will be found often to that where natare has properly distri-. them. be even more valuable than the quartz buted an editor's brains, hé can make} Thus this case, which has enlisted so . in which it is imbeded, I would sughis paper shine witHSut them. But. ™uch attention from the magniigge of ot wine cee bed a Hetle though sorts may “ correct all errors in the interests involved, and its p “Pee . attention. Nearly all the veins found orthography,” they won't make stupidi-. tive bealing upon other claims, is put jin argelite or ehlorite slates will be ty brilliant, or obviate o seatteration . Of for threo months longer. The in-. found of this character. : iB SEEN Gold Ten-. 02 the south of tho cit gen2rally of ideas. How do you find . Junetion, however, upon the Gold Tun auriferous quartz, and difiering entirel it, Lawrence ? nel seenpeny holds good, and we do not! from those on the west, as atthe elates We have not space for many quotations . *¢¢ that it can be set aside. It seems! known as) the Illinois and Wisconsin from our new cotemporary, to whom we . bighly proper to grant either party time . claim. Nida , c extend the hand of fellowship, but we . 7 the production of material witnesses . Aetatteh “ gt pay ty abe 4 Aa make room for the following, literatim: . #04 to secure justice toitselfby a proper . of this place. This new AEE atta “Corumpra Quartz Minine Co.—We . Presentation of their side of the ques~. sociated with the pyrites and sulphuret embraced the opportunity a few days . tion; yet there is nothing more prod:e. of molybdnium, but is probably of ne ens, vem a mine in bis pe 2 Me tive of pernicious results in California . Commercial importance. This lead and connected wi ties 4s ‘ it Tt is Si obecea ‘about one mile and a litigation, than long delays, where wit ; will probabiy prove @ goo! investment. half north-east of this place;—we were . Dess¢s are never at hand long after the . A goodly number of minerals have been pleased to see eo much energy displayed . COmmencement .f a suit, and the . found in this vicinity, and last but not for the purpose of extracting the pree@ re cious aad from the oriferous Quartz . their witnesses may prevent the oppo-. in the Cayote that abounds in this region of country. *te from retaining their’. , is also found di This vein contains much py-. 7, and the one adjoining is extensive, and will be should refuse to do the “dirty work” of a duel, and every one who consents to do it should feel the weight of the laws, Just vengeance as fully as the principal. Personar.—J, E. Lawrence, of the ranscrépt, arrived in this city by way of Marysville this evening to attend the editors’ convention. A full attendance is expected at the convention to-morrow. All offices not represented will be indignantly denounced as outsiders. The business of the convention kept @ptirely secret till three weeks from a ime to be hereafter mentioned. weh-The steamer Ohio, from San Dig0, brings 1600 crates Fruit and 10 tong ns.

TT idea enters his mind that he can make something. “ Waiter, hot whiskey punch for two, one brandy toddy, gin and water.” The miner is winning the money, and the brandy is winning the miner. Excitement is the order of the day. Stakesare doubled, trebled-:-wife, and children, and home are all forgot, and who cares, boys, topic, and all the pre and cons of slavery . fe st into the bowels « A. A. SARGENT AND W. ALBAN have been discussed by all, and ecyery. SS [subject for Buncombe has been ex Saturday Evening, Nov. i. A Mint for Catifornia. The spentancous love for the form of government, the proud appreciation of hausted, in the heel of the session, the . haustabie. importunate necessities of California . may come up in time to be laid on the} table for another session. Meanwhile . d--n the odds, there goes the pile,--~. the glories that dwell in the stars and . the privilege of growling is left us, and hot punches for the crowd---the deuce, stripes, which every citizen of the United . W¢ shall improve it. The representations . is up, and---gracious Heaven! the poor . miner is down, a penniless beggar. “No wife nor children more shall he behold, . Nor friends, nor sacred home.” The bright blue eyes at home will look in vain ; the aspirations to Heaven are all unheeded ; prayers are now of no avail, for disappointment first, and then disease, or perhaps crime, has paid the penalty of one false step, and earth closes over the wretched victim, thousands of miles from those whose joy will turn to grief. Do you like the pictures? One of the best which Ihave seen in California is that of a party of miners playing old sledge, on the top of an empty keg, at the cabin door. The red shirt, the old hat, the torn pants, the short pipe, the sunbrowned faces with the dei’l may care expression, are drawn to the life, but will be set down @s vulgar taste. Look ‘on the walls of a hella-there you will see refinement. Naked women in various postures, pleasing, voluptuous. J wonder if they are true to nature. States fecls, is nowhere a stronger prin. . of the press of course can have no effect! gold withou . es . ciple than in Ca ifornia. Tithe Atlantic . upon the action of such a dignified body . owners of the claim haye sent a portion i been gratified to have heard him on the and more western states it is highly natural, for the paternal, fostering care of the government is evinced in prepas ring every facility to commerce, every encouragement to manufactures, and every gaarantee of the continuance uninterrupted of the institutions which are the fountain of theso benefits. Not to be contented with sucha government, when the obvious advantages are s0. great, would be incompatible with the . character of an intelligent people. In} California there is as strong a love for . existing institutions as exists in any section of the other states, while there is scarcely a motive for its existence at all. From the first the conduct of Congress has evinced a jealous suspicion of the younger daughter, and a disposition to’neglect if not oppress, by a frequent re. fusal to pass laws of the first importance to Oh, boys! boys! it seems to me as if] our prosperity. When wo were under tho your eyes are strangely gloating on the forms, rather than giving credit to the artist for his skill, and the way you occasionally look ot that lady, so beautifully dressed, who is dealing at the table, makes me think that you would prefer that your wife or sister should neither be pictured upon the walls, nor preside at a gaming table in quite so public a place, and that the artist's study, or the academy of arts is the proper places for such exhis bitions. Brandy smash and gin cecktail !--» when your are in hell, (I mean Rome), you must do as the Romans do. Dou't draw the inference that, because that well dressed gentleman there was a) pious leader in the church at home, and was looked upon as an example of truth and purity, that he does not appreciate the truthfulness of the adage. Send him home and he could come it as good as new, but here he can handle the cards, and pull at the pit equal to the best of them, and in the language of St. Paul, is “ all things to all men.” But as the law, the corporation, and society sustains such things, why, all is fair in trade, and making money is what we came to California for. Hut, tut, tut, do you Bo was the establishment of a loose erganization and in the degrading position of territorial dependence, with a population swelling beyond the required limit for a stete, and magnifying every day, we were taught to linger on, ;month after month, our urgent representations unheeded. We petitioned, we remonstrated; our petitions were disregarded, our remonstrances elicited only eontempt. And, when after long and vexatious delay, the recognition of . our stateship was obtained, and our people hailed the event as an indication that our necessities were at last understood, and would be provided for, it was found that the generosity evinced by . Congress was only spasmodic, and we were as far from boing relieyed as ever. One measure of prime importance to mint. Congress well knew it. urged by our agents in that body. The great loss to our citizens in exchange to the Atlantic—the inconvenience and as the Congress of the United States, who are supposed to be guided by in-. tnitice wisdom—to how much effect, wo have all seen. Sovtnern Convention.—In the Post of the 25thand 29th, we find the proceedings in full of the Convention at Santa Barbara, for the division of the State. In the report, we find, what we expected, that many in the Convention were opposed to the union with the southern territory, of the populous and. wealthy city of San Franeisco. have always seen the incongruity of the . affiliation of the dissimilar elements con-. °V¢tT¥led, and Thursday, the 31st set tained in that city and the southern counties, provided there was any force . Molt one of the defense, made affidavit in the prominent reason given by the that it was impossible for him to proSouta for a division. We think it is, the policy of San Francisco to merge itself into the southern territory to. he depended to prove essential points escape the burden of a State govern-. ment, but this escape could be but tem. W745 suffering under an attack of si¢kporary, and now that the Senth has. 2¢%s which had greatly impaired: his given it the cold shoulder, we expoct mental faculties, but it was probable he By the San Francisco editors will be down on the idea of division. Mr. Brent. of Los Angeles, said— “Ib was propesed to join together the . counties of San Joaquim and Tuolumne wiih the southern portion of the State, so as to form this newono. If this were effected, the people of the South would be crushed to a greater extent even. than at present. understood that if there be suoh a pro-. jeet on foot, it would fail. If this Con . vention leave this boundary line an open question, they will leave another quesion open, now little thought of, namely, another southern State, withits U. a Senators and two members of Congress. If this Convention that had been specially elected for this objoct, were not comnot elected for such a purpose. If another State were brought in with the city of San Francisco and the yalleys of San Joaquin, Mariposa and Tuolumne, gold was generally diffused throuch it we could disr the vein of quartz about three feet by the light of a candle THE JOUR NA 7 poecrgp his position on some euworn. We were condacted bs the laborers 105 lin width, and from appearances incexWe ascended to the surs face, axamined the rock and found that ’ though not in as large quantities as we have seen in other leads,—we then examined an ther, about 100 feet from the first and sow about a ton of quartz that was broken up we could discover the the aid of a glass. The of this rock to San Franciseo, and the result of the assay by Mr. Moffit was about 75 percent. This mine will be a fortune to the share holders and they deserve it.” “Seventy-five per cent” of what? of gold or quartz. The matter interests us in this vicinity. Ohio Tunnel Co, vs, Gold Tunnel Co, This suit when we last noticed it, was vibrating between Justices Dougherty’s and Scott's offices. On Saturday, the 25th, it was carried before Justice Scott We . and the defense entered a protest against the jurisdiction of the court. This was for trial. On Thursday morning, Horace ceed to the trial on the ground that material witnosses were absent, upon whom in the defense. One of these, Downey, would recover in a few months. caso has principally been induced on ' small points of law and unessential quib,bles--one party striving to bring tho case to trial, the other toaveidit. But the proceedings have nevertheless, been rather interesting from the amount of acumen eyineed by the counsel on both sides. The concise reasoning of Churehman gives dignity and importanee to quibbles, even, and we should have merits of the main question; while as to Col. Kewen, cut out two-thirds of his adjeetives, and you yet have eloquence enough to give the reputation of a fine speaker—though we are not sure if the exuberance of his rhetoric were trimmed of some of its off-shoots, it would not add to the beauty, at least to the neatness, of the whole. J. S. Irwin, who ison the sido ef the plaintiffs, is a promising young lawyer, and we predict that application will place him at the head of his profession. Messrs. Epitors:—During my short sojourn in your city, of some nine or ten days, for the purpose of making some explorations relative to the geology of your district, I have found myself interested beyond my former anticipations, toa high degree, from the many little incidents that have occurred in my intercourse with many of the eitizens of your town. On my arrival at this place, I felt a little diffidence in giving publicity to . the ebjects of my visit, intending at first to, pursue it silently and alone, collecting Oh RA PRR , E oS aes cee senegal S AC e this witness the defenso expected to} such information as I might by inquiry prove that they held the land in dis. of such persons as! might accidentally pute, with its dips, angles, and sinuosigreat city of San Franciseo, and the . ties; before any claim was laid by the . my ‘he affiant also was Ohio company. unable to proceed to trial because of the absense of Stephen R. Shuder, of Liberty — Savage of SyraHe wished it to be. cuse, N. Y. by ‘whom material points Missouri, and in the defense could be shown, and which could be proved by no other witnesses in the defense. Therefore, they asked for an adjournment of the case for three monthe. The counsel for the plaintiffs deemed it strange that this postponement had In every . petent to designate a boundary line, how . not been made aé an earlier stage of the form of presentation was the question. could the Legislature do it, who were . proceedings. The defense had already procured one adjournment and that was all the law allowed, They thought the applieation should not be heeded, but if waste in dust asa currency—the con-. What would the South gain by it? Noth-. the court granted the request, the costs tinual and necessary draw upon California—the ombarassment of merchants ing would be gained. It would only, be a change of master, and as your committee thought that such a course would . in consequence should be laid on the party seeking adjournment. But if the and loss of the miner. In three days, . be equally injurious with a continuance . witnesses were in court, or the points j meet with, and personal observation cf i those characteristics that might fall in way: But maturer deliberation has led me to another course, and that course has not only led to grateful acknowledgements on iny part, for the important services you have rendered me through your Journal, iw facilitating my operations in the enterprise I have enltered into, but also the agreeable acquaintances . have formed during my intercourse with you. fam aware that a natural wish must . spring upin the minds of the citizens {ef this place, to hear through the press, jy opinions relative to the few obserj vations [ may have made during my . visit to this vicinity, and with this idea before me I haye yentured to pen these . few lines, hastily thrown together, as jthe nature of the circumstances in . which I am placed will not permit oth. erwise. It would be incompatible with my present limits, to enter into an elaborate discussion of the various points conneots ;ed with the purposes of this tour ina . scientific point of view, on account of . various inconveniences that now attend Tho display of Jegal ability in this see that stripling, ten or twelve years . siving reasonable time for the gasconade . of the existing state of things, they had} to be proven by them were admitted, me. Lamm, therefore, obliged to defer old, with a cigar ia his mouth, bucking at monte, and as he looses or wins, expressing his dissatisfaction or joy alike with an oath, which would do eredit to an old salt ina storm? I say, boy, does your ma know you're out. I wonder where you got that money to bet with. But I’ve always heard where there are big devils there are little ones too. I say, my lad, do you know they begin to hang men for crime in this sg ge . and—some day you'll be a man? ice place this to finish a hoy’s education in. But now “the fun grows fast and furious,” for between the orchestra and the pleadings. at the bar, the blaze of lights and brandy smashes, the gingle of glasses and dollars, the “ down with the dust,” and the down with high hopes, I begin to think that “we cutty sack” hath come from Kirk Alloway to California to astonish a Brock-Hkap. Tho largest shipment of dust over made from California is expected to go forward on the Tennessee next Satarday. From the appearances of the past two weeks, a greater amount of gold has been taken out than in any period of like duration since its discovery. Two and a half millions of dollars is not robably an under-estimate for the manifest of the next mail Steamer to show. Within a fortnight, a single firm in this city have transmitted to their house in San Francisco the sum of $370,000.—Transcript, SuFFeRina anona THE CaTTLE,—A gentleman who has resided a long time in California informa us that the scarcity

of water and feed of the present season has not been equalled in the last twentytwo years. The cattle on many of the ranches are suffering severely: though as yet but few have died. r. Stearns has been engaged fora fortnight past, in moving 2 portion of his to a rancho at gome distance, where feed is more abundant.—Los Angeles Star. asleep Race between Clippers.—The clipper ships Mermaid, Witch of the Wave and Game Cock, sail to-day forChina. They will try their speed, each secking to make the trip in the shortest time. As they are all fine clipper ships, and all three have streng friends, we shall be hear of the result of the race. eager to “8. F. Courier 28th. Tur Cou. Fremont seizep.—The brig Col. Fremont, which has been preparing for a voyage to the Sandwich Islands, swas seized by the U.S. Marshal yesterday afternoon, and is advertised to be sold on the 11th November, to satisfy the cluim of A. J. Pope.—Post 28¢h. We regret to hear that sickness pre~ vails to an alarming extent at Mazatlan; from ° one i to thirty deaths occur daily from cholera and fover. measure in Congress, a bill that would obviate all this, might have been passed, and yet the mean local prejudices of Atlantic states defeated the passage of any such measure, of the justice and necessity of which not ore could deubt. Instead thereof, that bill of abominations, establishing an assay office, enriching a few officials, and drawing an enormous per centage from the miner and merchant, was passed. To that assay office we are indebted for tho taking of dust, which is divisible into small sums, and casting it into “slugs” of unwieldly proportions, as little adapted to the common wants of trade as was the iron money of the Spartans. A man witha fortune in his pocket, in the shape of slugs, in the mines, is frequently unable to buy his dinner. The frogs of Egypt were scarcely a greater plague to the land they overrun than are these heavy lumps of gold te California. Instead of haying his dust in small coins, as, he might with a mint, the minor, if he gets it coined at all, is compelled to have it put inashape more for show than for use, ond all the practical advantages of & proper currency he is deprived of. The great wants for acurrency in California have compelled the use in it es to the passage of any . ,0f forcign coins at values which they will not bear in other states, aud which will be reduced whenever a mint is established here, te the loss of the holders. We are particularly subject here to the influx of foreign cein, and have ho means at hand to guard us from loss in connection with them, which a mint would supply, by reducing their value at once to the standard they hold in other states. We scarcely can hope that at the next session of Congress, early attention will be given to to this subjeot. We are so accustomed to noglect, that it is ‘too much to expect that any immediate reliof will be granted. Though a mint in California would receive nearly the eutire preduct of the mines, and cause our . eagles to be as widely known all over the civilised world as Mezican dollars now are, and give an impulse to every branch of enterprise in this state by the greater facilities it will supply to all, and save to the workers of the mimes a heayy drain in their profits, and is a measure of such obvious justice, and though Congress knows all this, yet we have little hope it will take any measures for the immediate establishment ef a mint. By and by, when every member has framed the proposed boundary line accordingly.” Mr. Ogier asked what good “ would it could haye no bearing in the case. , a eae until a future poriod, when This was a suit for forcible entry and . 4 i pie a cart ei Peak > detainer, and the law eavoa man no . ee peat yp siraatien oe aia / ar © : : 4 Rs it do Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and power to take even his own property by The immediate district of Nevada, Monterey, te be severed from their pre. foree, but only by legal hatha’ Thore . Presents to the observer many points of sent connection and joined to San Fran. Oe. 1 ifs oe Pl i aereaLse . interest in connection with geology and ciseo, Calaveras, ‘Tuolumne, Mariposa, . was no probability either that the Wit" . the collateral sciences; it contains within and Gee Jeaquin't No Tishate what . nesses in question could be broughi iuto/its very bosom, those elements that : : ‘ ’ .._ . court at the end of ninety days, and as. fre calculated to engender not only a ever would accrue, but their condition . further postponement was out of the, healthful but very extended prosperity, would be much worse. At present they jiwer af) Pi : ‘ " bs Ping 4 _,/and also inducements of an eminent might be able to piek upa few crumbs]. fincas egg inepcoaap sdb ba cece igh Mag la scientific tourist, to witnesses was no reason for tho delay. {make it the theatre of his many and that fell from the table, but by the pro The defense held that the caso had! varied operations and investigations. posed arrangement for a new State they d io hetopectoutice Se These points of interest to its prosperity, would be utterly helpless and powera sgeipnihe te taho acaade eet jas h city lies ia its rich deposits of gold ess.” that what the plaintiifs considered a) which are found in the placers in and We do not believe the State will be postponement was merely the act of the . aboutit. At firstsight,the large amounts divided this twenty years to come. The . Justice in fixing a day of trial, that this . that have been taken from this source, : Ree 'and the broken and upturned features northern counties will not be drummed . “°° bole Stet spptinetion tr the poet. that now even present themsolyes, would into the matter—they will wish to wait . ponement, and the law made it obligu-. sccm to debar forever all future search Siete oped ape ta a . . tory in the Justice to adjourn the case . for treasure here, but such will not be ARATE RES ty eg nA pied for @ period not exceeding three months, . the ease; the placeres will be worked alsin, tice: adie te — bes ot a when due affidavit and bond were filed. aiaa sit: hb hat sehes tenes 36 The prosecution hed como into court . 7 ea also oceur there, im connection with lignites 1 would suggest to those gentlemen engaged in these operations, the utility of hereafter prererving these fossila &c., for future examination; they are particularly valuable in a scientific view. . Lhave derived most signal aid from . Mr. Henry Pratten, of this place, in the ‘cellection of the following list of minerals, found in this vicinity, with localities attached. ‘Carbonate copper, two miles from Roand . Tent. . Black porphyry, Sugar Loaf. . Micacinus granite, ” . Hornblen?s,** ” Felspathic, iy Sulphuret iron, antimony and copper, with carbonare copper, in quartz. Chronate iron. in serpentine. Argilite slate, Grass Valley. Chlorite ,, 9 Taleose ,, % Peroxide mangane’e, Cayote Diggings. Lignito, "3 Silicified wood--white, blaok, ” ” Fossil leaves—dycotyldons, Sugar Loaf Tunnel. Opal, Sugar Loaf. Sulphuret melybdenum, in quartz. A new mineral. A sublimate of the last, in pyrites—IIIinois and Wisconsin claim. Peroxide iron, Deer Creek. Magnetic iren, wee Galena and native sulphur, Deer Creek. Auriferous pyrites, 4 Cinnabar, Gold Flat, fridium and osmium, ditto. Rutile, 7 Decomposed granite, Sugar Loaf. Porphyry, " Pitch stone, % Felspar, opaque, massive _,, Glassy petrifactions, ‘ Decomposed felspar, 5 Fossil leaves, Blue Hill. Fine talc, one mile east of Grass Valley. Carbonate of copper, half a mile from Half-way House. Sienito, ditto. Hornblende granite, Deer Creek. Chronate iron, Half-way House. Peroxide mangenese, Grass Valley. I shall on leaving, give a fuller description of the mineral features of this district, and other observations. Hoping the above may mect the approval of your readers, I remain, yours, JOHN B. TRASK. ene Duew---Man Killed.—-A duel took place to-day on the Yuba, about eighteen miles from here, on the spot of the dis~ puted Chinese claims, 0/ which we have frequently spoken, betweon a man named Geo. M. Dibble, formerly a Blidshipman, and E. B. Lundy, familiarly known as Jim Lundy, a Canadian, both of this city, the former of whom was killed. A trivial dispute had arisen a few evenings previously, during 8 convivial arty—on a conumdrum, during which bibbell called Lundy ao liar, and to which Lundy replied with opprobious epithets. In consequence, Dibble echallenged Lundy. and the challenge was accepted—-the second of Lundy being . Charkes E. G. Morse, of this city, The . preliminaries Were arranged by Gen. . Moorhead, the second of Dibble, and . Lundy's second—the parties to stand at 115 paces, and use Colt’s revolvers. At {the signal given Lundy fired, Dibble lreserving his fire. He bad previousily declared his intention to draw . Lundy’s fire, and then shoothim. After L's. fire, D. called out with an oath, i‘ you have fired too soon.” His seeond ‘agked, “ara you satisfied,” at which D, jopened his coat and showed wherea ball . had p°ssed into one side and ont of the other. He pushed aside those who . stepped to support him, and walked jebout 150 yards, and expired in about twenty minutes. From information laid before him, Justice Anderson issued a warrant this morning, but the officer arrived on tho ground too late toarrest the fatal event. He however took Lundy in charge and the seconds came voluntarily. Thus one moro scene is added to tho bloody drama of duelling—one more soul has been sent into eternity—to satisfy the barbarous requisitesof a falsely termed code of honor. For one of the seconds in this case we have a warm personal friendship, and we should decply regret any evil that might befal him. But as long as men will act as mid-wives to deliver these monstrous iniquities, the severest penalty of the law should reward them Ina moment of blind passion, smarting under real or imagined insult, 2 man may craye tho blood of his adversary, but if he seeks it by the means the murderer employs, he knows his responsibility in the eye of the law, and is thus deterred in consummating his object. But when he can find a willing agent, to carry his ‘messages, and arrange his preliminaries, junder tho shield of public sentiment, he coolly kills his man, and isaccounted a hero. Therefore the law should be made to touch the second who is tho real promoter of the affair, for without his concurrence, the principalin ninety» jnine cases out of an hundred, it would stop im his desiga. Every man of honor time required by one party to collect! jeast among them are the fossils found he C diggings, and aleo tho petrifactions and silicified woods that for years to come, wit’ more effective means than now in use, and yield large profits. The nature of ground in which 1S tals tal sek the adie be Sudha: ai with evidence carefully collected—their . the gold is contained in these placers, : actowe “for the spi tor lutied i. case Deady Doe. advantagons presentment, . < Py “et pe ech xt a: 1" y y ‘ : while from the nature of the case, the . 97° mateduate fo Its complete extrac: view of it, and they should lot it rest. . , . . tion. , ‘ pric sictenioel = . Racial sae She defense were compelled to appear with-. Another point of important bearing New Parer.—We have received the . out opportunity to collect their wiines. to the future prosperity of this city, is first number of the “Columbia Star,". sesand arrange their side of the case peep basin ag — published at the flourishing town of. with sufficient accuracy to make the cinity of the eity pe Ps ae Directly to Columbia, Tuolumne county. The edi-. battle even, and secure justice. There . the west of the town, and about a mile tor gives a very full account of the town . was too much at stake for them to allow . or 80 distant, is a vein of auriferous and allits denizens from AtangtoPete. the case to goto trial wilhout a fair ah be pr ty lc gin Columbia is built at “the point Lar poh ie to send for witnesses, and . o¢ arge magnitude and equal value. the canal of the Tuolumne Watering . present their case in a proper manner.! Many of these points are now occupied Company diverges from the Stanislaus, . The counsel for the defense did not . by companies in actual operation, and about five miles from Sonora, and with-. doubt that two of the witnosses could . 9me¢ of them, from the appearance of ee tale ‘ ; their leads, must prove of immense value in its limits there are now being con-. be produced at the end of ninety days. if judiciously worked. Heretofore, in structed about five hundred houses. The court ordercd the postponement, . this vicinity, the gangue containing the The editor apologizes for the appearsjand the defendants gave bonds to pay. quartz appears to have been neglected, ance of his sheet, with the statement . costs to whieh plaintiffs might be subis Spee Se ee yen that he is out of sorts—a common com~. jected by the adjournment, provided presdintty $y Ae einaena Sua this mon complaint in California. We deem. such costs should be adjudged against . isa lateral one, will be found often to that where natare has properly distri-. them. be even more valuable than the quartz buted an editor's brains, hé can make} Thus this case, which has enlisted so . in which it is imbeded, I would sughis paper shine witHSut them. But. ™uch attention from the magniigge of ot wine cee bed a Hetle though sorts may “ correct all errors in the interests involved, and its p “Pee . attention. Nearly all the veins found orthography,” they won't make stupidi-. tive bealing upon other claims, is put jin argelite or ehlorite slates will be ty brilliant, or obviate o seatteration . Of for threo months longer. The in-. found of this character. : iB SEEN Gold Ten-. 02 the south of tho cit gen2rally of ideas. How do you find . Junetion, however, upon the Gold Tun auriferous quartz, and difiering entirel it, Lawrence ? nel seenpeny holds good, and we do not! from those on the west, as atthe elates We have not space for many quotations . *¢¢ that it can be set aside. It seems! known as) the Illinois and Wisconsin from our new cotemporary, to whom we . bighly proper to grant either party time . claim. Nida , c extend the hand of fellowship, but we . 7 the production of material witnesses . Aetatteh “ gt pay ty abe 4 Aa make room for the following, literatim: . #04 to secure justice toitselfby a proper . of this place. This new AEE atta “Corumpra Quartz Minine Co.—We . Presentation of their side of the ques~. sociated with the pyrites and sulphuret embraced the opportunity a few days . tion; yet there is nothing more prod:e. of molybdnium, but is probably of ne ens, vem a mine in bis pe 2 Me tive of pernicious results in California . Commercial importance. This lead and connected wi ties 4s ‘ it Tt is Si obecea ‘about one mile and a litigation, than long delays, where wit ; will probabiy prove @ goo! investment. half north-east of this place;—we were . Dess¢s are never at hand long after the . A goodly number of minerals have been pleased to see eo much energy displayed . COmmencement .f a suit, and the . found in this vicinity, and last but not for the purpose of extracting the pree@ re cious aad from the oriferous Quartz . their witnesses may prevent the oppo-. in the Cayote that abounds in this region of country. *te from retaining their’. , is also found di This vein contains much py-. 7, and the one adjoining is extensive, and will be should refuse to do the “dirty work” of a duel, and every one who consents to do it should feel the weight of the laws, Just vengeance as fully as the principal. Personar.—J, E. Lawrence, of the ranscrépt, arrived in this city by way of Marysville this evening to attend the editors’ convention. A full attendance is expected at the convention to-morrow. All offices not represented will be indignantly denounced as outsiders. The business of the convention kept @ptirely secret till three weeks from a ime to be hereafter mentioned. weh-The steamer Ohio, from San Dig0, brings 1600 crates Fruit and 10 tong ns.